Texans’ Swearinger keeps hunting despite noise after Keller hit

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D.J. Swearinger entered the NFL saying the league and the reality of being a pro football player wouldn’t change him.

He’d still fly, still attack. And he’d do it all with a swagger and with the same ferocious style of play that turned four seasons at South Carolina into the No. 57 overall selection of the 2013 draft.

Swearinger’s Twitter bio states his case. The personal résumé starts with “Jungleboi Swagg.” Then there are simple facts: second-round pick, Texans defensive back, No. 36. And in between “Do it for my family” and “God first” is Swearinger’s football mindset: “If I don’t hunt, I don’t eat.”

“You’re just trying to make the tackle and get the guy down. It’s whatever way you’ve got to do that, that’s what defenders are going to do. Whatever does it does it,” said Swearinger, whose Twitter profile lists his place of residence as “Da ‘Jungle’ somewhere …